U+1263 "ባ" Ethiopic Syllable Baa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1263 "ባ" Ethiopic Syllable Baa is a symbol from the Geʽez script used to write the Amharic, Tigrinya, and other Ethiopic languages. In the Geʽez syllabary, which is an abugida, this character represents the syllable "baa," formed by combining the consonant "b" with the vowel "a" that is modified from the basic "ä" sound. It is encoded in the Unicode Ethiopic block (U+1200 to U+137F), which was standardized to support the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and modern African languages, ensuring digital preservation and accessibility for these writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1263
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Baa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ባ
HTML Hex Encoding
ባ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1263
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001263
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1263
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic